With global economic growth continuing to slow and production cuts from Saudi Arabia and its OPEC⁺ allies having failed to lift prices, hedge funds and other investors have turned exceptionally bearish in their sentiment towards crude oil, according to a
Despite recent signs that sterling’s strong rally so far this year is flagging, hedge funds and other currency speculators have upped their bullish bet on the pound to the highest level in nine years, according to a report by the
Embattled hedge fund firm Odey Asset Management has written to investors saying it is planning to lift the suspension of investment withdrawals from its Brook Developed Markets Fund, according to a report by Reuters.
The number of investor activist campaigns has steadily increased month-on-month since January, bucking the trend of previous years and indicating that momentum for activism is building, according to professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal’s latest A&M Activist Alert.
The average confidence of hedge fund mangers in the economic prospects of their businesses over the coming 12 months fell slightly in the second quarter of the year to +14.2, from +16.3 in Q1, according to the latest AIMA Hedge
Greg Jensen, Co-Chief Investment officer at the world’s biggest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, has warned against the use of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT to trade equities, despite being an early investor in its creator OpenAI as well as
Heavy losses have prompted Dantai Capital to shut down its flagship hedge fund, the Greater China-focused Dantai Master Fund, after the firm concluded the investment strategy no longer works in the current market environment, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The UK’s financial regulator the Financial Conduct Authority is investigating whether hedge fund manager Crispin Odey is “a fit and proper person” to work in financial services, and is in contact with the police over allegations made against the Odey
Enfusion, a provider of cloud-native, software-as-a-service solutions for hedge funds and other investment managers, has appointed Andi Woolass as the company’s new Head of Partnerships and Alliances for EMEA.
Digital asset investment products saw a second week of inflows totalling $125 million, bringing the last two weeks of inflows to $334 million, representing almost 1% of total AUM, according to the latest CoinShares Digital Assets Fund Flows Weekly report.
